Niger State Governor, Umaru Mohammed Bago, yesterday received 100 pupils of St. Mary’s Catholic Private Primary and Secondary School, Papiri, who regained freedom nearly two weeks after being abducted by gunmen. The children, conveyed to the Government House, Minna,

Gani Adams, the Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, has stated that Nigeria’s security challenges could be effectively addressed within six months if the federal government approves the establishment of state police. Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Monday, Adams

  The Zamfara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on northern leaders to establish a regional security committee to tackle the rising wave of banditry across the North. The party, in a statement issued in Gusau

  Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, has urged security agencies across the country to prioritise non-violent methods in the discharge of their duties, warning that force must never be applied vindictively or outside the boundaries of the law. Speaking in

  The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested a medical doctor for allegedly transporting pharmaceutical drugs to kidnappers operating in Kwara State. According to a statement by Rafiu Ajakaye, Chief Press Secretary to the Kwara State Governor, the doctor

  The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mrs. Kemi Nanna Nandap, has reaffirmed the resolve of the service to strengthen border operations in the wake of the killing of three personnel by suspected bandits in Kebbi State. Nandap